Arm support



Apr. 10, 1923 1,451,561

C. W. ALLEBRAND ET AL ARM SUPPORT Filed Aug. 5, 1921 2 shegts-sheet 1 a A f 1 9 w 3 1402110141 WJl/eranll N L CGGuyalli 61m may Agar, 10, 1923 C. W. ALLEBRAND ET AL ARM SUPPORT Filed Aug, 5 1921 2 sheets-shet 2 gvwantoaw, G Wfiemizal,

Patented Apr. 10, 1923. y

'cHARL isw, ALnnBnAivn AND, cHnrsrorHEnoI ,GUYATT, or puounslvnfrnivnsvn ,VANIADP :1,

A M surronjirfilf Application hie r Aiig st 1931., se ial ind. 490,059. I i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES Auras memo" and CHRISTOPHER Gr; GUYATr, citi- Zens of the United States, residing 5 Duquesne, in' the county of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Arm Support, of which the following is a specification;

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be employed for supporting the arm of a corpse, whilst the corpse is recumbent on a bed, cooling-board or the like.

The invention aims to provide adev ce of the sort above mentioned whichmay be adjusted. readily to support and carry the arm of the corpse and to position the arm as may be desired. i

Another object of the. invention is to provide a device of the sort'abo-ve mentioned whereby both arms of the corpse may be supported from underneath the body.. A further object of the invention is. to provide an arm support which may be entirely independent of the working table, bed or the like so far as connection with or attachment thereto-is concerned. It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention resides in the combi-- nation and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a device con-, i

' structed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a top plan; Figure 3isan end elevation; Fig-urea is a section on the line of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 1 v Figure 6 is a sectionon the line 66 of Figure 1; y i

F igure-7 is a section on the line 77 of Figure 1.

In carrying out the invention there isprovided a pair of angular base members 1.- Ea cliibaselmember l includes a bottom bar 2 'andi'agn upstanding "part '3 [disposed atrig ht anglesto thebotton lbar Fiach upstanding part 3 is provided witha transv'e f fi fleye' lflEach bottom ba r'Z has an eye receiving the other bottom bar slid ablyQ"'-,The construction is such that the,

base m e'mbersl. be adjusted horizon tally gwith respect to each other, thereby to vary the distance between thef u'pstanding parts 3,

Vertically adjustable supports 6 are provided, each support 6 including an arm 7 slidable in the eye 4 on the part 8, each arm 7 being provided at its lower end with an eye 8 slidable on the part 3. The arm 7 of each support is connected. to the corresponding part 3 by a clamp 10 under the control of an operator, and of any desired construction. Above the eyes 1, the arms 7 of the support 6 are bent upon themselves to fashion inwardly extendedattaching elements 11, the upper portions of the attaching elements 11 being carried outwardly and upwardly to form fingers 12.

The numeral 17 marks a flexible sling, which may be a light chain, if desired, one end of the chain being permanently engaged at 18 with one ofthe attaching elements 11. The other end. of the sling 17, or the intermediate portion thereof may be engaged detachably and adjustably, as shown at 19 in Figure 1 with the corresponding attaching element 11.

In practical operation, the bars 2 extend beneath the corpse, the parts 7 and 3 extending upwardly at each side of the corpse, the arms of the corpse being supported in the parts 12. The flexible sling 17 extends beneath the corpse and serves as a brace which prevents thevertical parts of the de vice from spreading.

The distance between the supports 6 may be adjusted, since'each base member 1 in cludes the eye 5 which is mounted slidably on-the bottom bar 2 of the other base membeix, The supports 6, being slidably en gaged ate and at 8 with the up-standing parts 3 of the base members, may be adjusted vertically, it beingpossible to hold the supports in adjusted positions by tightening up the clamps 10 which connect Y the elements '7 and 3; The device may be 'base members comprising upstanding parts,

means cooperating with the supports and I ,Wlth said parts to hol'd the supports at ad;

- as our own, 'We have 'here't'e affixed our signatures in the ,pi'e s'ehce ottwo Witnesses.

' eye receiving the other base member fsiiii= ably, to permit an adjustment in the distance between the supperts, :a flexible sling connecting the supports and elemping justed heights.

2. In a device of the class described,

having eyes, supports vertically adjustable in the eyes, the supports b'eingcurved inwardly,

7 above the eyes, to fashion U-- shaped attaching elements, the attaching e e reeeiv'ing the ether base member s'l'itl "a'b'ly to permit an adjustment in the distance between the supports, a flexible sling engaged with the attaching elements, and

clamping meuns cooperating With the supports and with 'sz'llid {parts of the base members to: hold the supports at adjusted heights. I I

In testimony that We claim the foregoing HARLE W. -A BRANDK I CHRISTOPHER G. GUYATT.

Witnesses I v T v JOHN-A. CONLIN,

CARL F, ALLEBRA A'ID. 

